However, this method may lead to swelling and infection, warns one doctor.

Nose hair: We all have it. And while your grandfather's nasal strands might be a little more pronounced than, say, your own, you (and the rest of the world) can't hide the way your body is built. But don't tell Sepi Balin that. The makeup artist and beauty blogger recently shared her no-fail method for zapping her nose hair, and like so many strange and fascinating gems on the Internet, it's gone viral.

Balin's go-to move for removing her nose follicles? Waxing them — from the inside out. She shared her technique, performed with the help of an aesthetic ian, in an Instagram video, which has garnered 4.1 million views since it was posted just four days ago. In the short clip, the hair-removal technician gently places two small wooden sticks — one for each nostril — covered in dark wax up Balin's nose and then quickly pulls them out — with many follicles in tact. "Ouch," she says with a smile as the hair is literally ripped out. If you're still not convinced about watching, we'll add just one fun fact: The video is set, kind of inexplicably, to the tune of Desiigner's "Panda."

"You gotta do what you gotta do ... NOSE HAIR BE GONE!" she wrote in a caption. "I only wax the front, not all the way. I know nose hair is necessary ... I'm Iranian so ... that means lots of hair 😂."

While the nose-hair removal procedure sure makes for an interesting Internet moment, herein lies the real question: Is Balin's tried-and-true trick safe? According to Richard Leinhardt, emeritus chief of ENT facial plastic surgery at Manhattan Eye and Throat Hospital in New York City, who we previously interviewed, when hair is pulled out, and the follicle is removed, the opportunity for swelling and infection becomes a real risk. That's because bacteria — staph, for example — live at the base of follicles. "There's a whole myriad of normal bacterial population there that are just waiting to get below the skin's surface," he says.

Your safest bet in removing those thick bristles budging out of your nostrils? Trimming them, says Leinhardt. (This trimmer from Philips is a good call — just look at all of those attachments!) Plucking, even with the most hygienic tweezers, has the same effect as Balin's waxing technique and should be avoided, too.